Hi Everyone - Lisa here. Today I am going to share a tutorial for my Hexagonal exploding box. This is my very first go at creating a tutorial, it's not perfect but hopefully it makes sense. The exploding box is a great gift idea, the box serves as a lovely decoration and a gift in itself when full of photos & sentiments.


I got to work with the lovely Best Creations paper to create my box.
Firstly you will need to glue a piece of card stock to a piece of patterned paper, ensure you glue on the opposite side of the patterned paper that you would like to be the outside of your box. Set this aside.

Next you will need to print out a Hexagon shape, I got mine here. Once you have printed the hexagon you need to use a photocopier to alter the size. Photocopy one hexagon at 80% of original size (you will use this one for your base layer -which is also the outside of your box) Then photocopy one hexagon at 65% of the original (this becomes your inner layer). Discard the original printout then cut out your two re sized hexagons.

Use repostionable tape to temporarily stick the largest hexagon on to the centre of the card stock that you set aside earlier (the one that you glued to the patterned paper). The patterned paper should be face down on the table - you need to rule up the template on the card stock.



Choose a co-ordinating piece of card stock to create your second layer.



Choose a co-ordinating piece of card stock to create your lid.




Choose some patterned paper for your lid.